56 GYPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTHS. [Jan. 



The local officials early made suitable provision for the 

 town work, and the necessary operations were carried on 

 during the summer and fall in a generally satisfactory man- 

 ner. The street trees in the central district were burlapped 

 and attended during the summer months, and a certain 

 amount of fall spraying against the brown-tail moth gave 

 good results. A part of the infested roadsides has been cut 

 out and burned, but more of this work remains to be done. 

 The town park at Hart's Hill has been cleared of dead and 

 worthless trees, the brush cut and burned and the moth 

 nests destroyed on the remaining trees. This particular 

 work has been performed in a very thorough and satisfactory 

 manner. 



At the present time the local force is at work on street 

 trees destroying the nests of both moths, and will probably 

 be able to take up work on private estates by February 1. 

 The work next season will include a general campaign of 

 burlapping and spraying, and roadsides in certain sections 

 and in a part of the park reservation must be burned over 

 with oil. 



WALTHAM. 



RICHARD A. JONES, Local Superintendent. 



1905, amount required before reimbursement, . . . f 2,500 00 



1906, amount required before reimbursement, . . . 5,000 00 

 1905, amount expended in work against moths, . . . 1,197 64 

 1905, amount of State reimbursement, 



Waltham was practically clear of the gypsy moth at the 

 close of the former State work ; but a hasty inspection dur- 

 ing the caterpillar season of 1905 revealed the presence of 

 the insect over the entire area, although none of the colonies 

 outside the woodland district were of notable size. In the 

 woods lying near Lexington Street in the northern part of 

 the city there is a large colony covering approximately 10 

 acres, over half of which was severely injured last summer 

 by the caterpillars. The brown-tail moth is generally scat- 

 tered throughout the city. 



In past years considerable work was done by the city 

 authorities against this insect, both on street trees and on 

 private estates. During the past season the local work 



